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'We thought it was the end of the world': How the US dropped four nuclear bombs on Spain in 1966
After two planes collided, three hydrogen bombs hit a Spanish village, and one fell into the sea nearby. Two years later, ...
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The U.S. Air Force Accidentally Dropped a Nuclear Bomb in Georgia—and Still Can’t Find It
In 2001, a Department of Energy hydrographic survey suggested that the bomb was buried between five and 15 feet of silt. The ...
A lesson buried in the Mediterranean: How a mid-air collision dropped four US nuclear bombs on Spain in 1966
On the morning of January 17, 1966, an American B-52 bomber on a secret mission over Cold War-era Europe collided mid-air ...
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10 warplanes that definitely shouldn’t have carried nuclear weapons, but did
BOOM BOOM BOOM In researching this article, I spoke to crews of B-52s, B-47s and Vulcans and even chatted on a train with a ...
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US accelerates production of new nuclear warhead 24 times more powerful than one used on Hiroshima
The weapon is designed to become the full-time replacement for the US’ older nuclear weapons carried by new US B-21 stealth bombers. The original B61 gravity bomb was created in 1968 ...
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America Moves Up Construction of Nuclear Bomb 24 Times More Powerful Than One Dropped on Hiroshima
The lab designing the warhead says it is accelerating the timeline to respond ‘to a critical challenge and urgent need.’ ...
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Cambridge groups at RAF Lakenheath peace camp as US nuclear weapons fears grow
The focus on US nuclear weapons on British soil intensified this week with Cambridge choir Lefty Men Sing participating in a ...
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'We thought it was the end of the world': How the US dropped four nuclear bombs on Spain in 1966
Two years after the terrifying accident, BBC reporter Chris Brasher went to find what happened when the US lost a hydrogen bomb. On 7 April 1966, almost 60 years ago this week, a missing nuclear ...